The Voortrekker Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFCC| The gull shall whistle in his wake the blind wave break in fire | A |
| He shall fulfill God's utmost will unknowing His desire | A |
| And he shall see old planets pass and alien stars arise | B |
| And give the gale his seaworn sail in shadow of new skies | B |
| Strong lust of gear shall drive him forth and hunger arm his hand | C |
| To win his food from the desert rude his foothold from the sand | C |
| His neighbors' smoke shall vex his eyes their voices break his rest | D |
| He shall go forth till South is North sullen and dispossessed | D |
| He shall desire loneliness and his desire shall bring | E |
| Hard on his heels a thousand wheels a People and a King | E |
| He shall come back in his own track and by his scarce cooled camp | F |
| There shall he meet the roaring street the derrick and the stamp | F |
| There he shall blaze a nation's ways with hatchet and with brand | C |
| Till on his last won wilderness an Empire's outposts stand | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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